Region. We can be a partner to anybody who wants us to partner with them in the fight against sectarianism and others. We are there, and we will still be there. Iran will always be our neighbor. Bear that in mind in any evaluation you have. The region itself is going through tremendous social, political upheaval. The arab spring has been hijacked. No clear mandate to the governments in the region governing pre as in comparison to prearab spring. So please bear that in mind. So in that sense, i would say that in iraq you have a reliable partner, but at the same time, help us to help you in the fight against international terrorism. Somebody asked us the other day, a question a senior official said to me he said lukman lets say we get rid of isis will you be a partner with us against isis elsewhere or are you content with just iraq . My response is no. We know we will have a responsibility that we will take seriously, but we have an urgency now which we want you to help us with, and let
Agencies in america that are also engaged directly or indirectly in the administration of our tax code as well. Please join me in thanking senator lee and senator rubio. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Next week the United States will begin chairing the Arctic Council, a group that sets policy for the arctic, regarding drilling and other issues. Eight countries are members of the Arctic Council, the u. S. , canada, denmark, finland iceland, norway, russia, and sweden. And this morning at the center for strategic and International Studies the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, police leesiae ia Lisa Murkowski of alaska, is speaking. Some of the issues also facing the arctic such as Climate Change, pollution and the health of the Indigenous People who live in the arctic the discussion expected to last several hours should get under way shortly. This meeting happening, this International Meeting happening as a number of other International Ministers and lead
Screeria nigeria. I may consume. Thank you mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Lucas mr. Speaker, when i was a boy my father used to point out to me that there were certain moments, certain events that not only define perhaps a community or a generation but leave an indelible mark on a person. He referenced me to go speak to my grandparents about where they were when the news came that pearl harbor had been bombed and i can remember my grandfather lucas describing the exact field, the exact row that he was picking cotton in in december of 1941 when one of the neighbors stopped and said have you heard . My father could tell you exactly the moment walking down the street in elk city, oklahoma when he walked up to a crowd staring into a store selling televisions because everyones mouth was down, everyone was aghast of the news in dallas. In many ways, the experience of two minutes after 9 00 a. M. On april 19, 1995, has had the same mark and the same effe
And make investments. This gives us the ability to move beyond just looking at one set of criteria. It seems that your mitigation effort has to be focused on the actual hazard. In this budget youre looking at additional funds for Hazard Mitigation but i would certainly want to know that is based on the actual hazard itself and mitigate both the hazard and longterm cost for the federal government and the locality. And that has been the criteria for determining Hazard Mitigation. I can show you example where we have had predisaster mitigation. States have taken that like in oklahoma to do grants to families to build safe roads for tornadoes. Our goal is to reduce risk. Theres a lot of driving factors of that and changing environment but when we want to look at, what are things as taxpayers if we can spend money on the front end and reduce future costs and potential disruptions to disaster. This is very much in our predisaster mitigation looking at it from outcomes that are based upon buy
Im certain i would not have done whatever good i did do, i would have done less well if i hadnt been here. Thank you. This is from dorea, a sophomore in the college. Sort of two pronged. Where do you see this generation of young adults going in in what way is our path going to be dirnt than before . What has happened in technology to this day, it will look like childs play. Over the next 20 to 30 years. I think most of you will live to be 90 years old or more, unless some accident where you have an environmentally caused cancer we dont know how to treat yet. I think that you will live in a time where the technological revolution will extend into Artificial Intelligence and well be able to do things weve never been able to do before. I think the combination of Nano Technology and improvements and the continuing of the genome will lead us to have affordable four times a year health exam that will basically involve going into a canister and being scanned and i think one of the biggest deb